One of the Finest Papers on Tornadoes That I Have Ever Read

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Two illustrations of wind turbines being destroyed contained in the paper. 
If you have an interest in tornadoes and don't mind wading through a scientific discussion, I highly recommend the new paper by Josh Wurman, Karen Kosiba and Paul Robinson which was published today in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The title:

The Greenfield, Iowa, Tornado (2024): Wind-Damage Relationships, Novel LDR 

Dual-Polarization Analysis, and Integrated DOW/Video Analysis of Turbine Destruction


Thanks to Reed Timmer, there is excellent video of this tornado while it was destroying wind turbines southwest of Greenfield, Iowa. 


Again, the paper is highly recommended. 

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